Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Introduction Calendar Abbreviations List of Iconographical Motifs List of Iconographical Scenes List of Feasts

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for January 24

Eusebia of Mylasa.
Eusebia of Rome; Xene of Mylasa.

Virgin. Nun at Mylasa in Caria. 5th cen.

SEE ALSO: January 18.

Synax.CP, Jan. 24, par. 1 (cols. 419-20).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Jan. 24.

Baltimore, Walters, 521, fol. 228r. Nun. Death. The body of Eusebia is laid out on a bier. Three monks stand at left gesturing toward arc of Heaven. Two nuns stand at right, one embracing her feet. Church of Stephen at Mylasa within a wall.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 26r. Woman saint, holding cross. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 15, fig. 47).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, east wall. Nun, holding cross with double traverse. Bust. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 145, fig. T I 14; Mijović, Menolog, pp. 332-333, fig. 47; Petković, Dečani, p. 14, pls. CXVI, CXVIII.1).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Nun, holding cross. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 273, fig. 12, pl. 63).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, south wall. Nun, holding cross with double traverse and diagonal suppedaneum. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 307, fig. 33, pls. 140, 143).

Paul, Pausirion and Theodotion of Cleopatris.

Hermits. Brothers. Martyred at Cleopatris in Egypt under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Jan. 24, par. 2 (cols. 420-2).

BiblSS X 308-9; Holweck 778; LCI VIII 152.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 348. 1) Theodotion. Martyrdom, beheading. Wearing loin cloth. 2) Paul and Pausirion. Martyrdom, drowning. Wearing loin cloths. One is being thrown head first into the sea; the other is already in the water. (Menologio, I, p. 94, II, fig. p. 348).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, east wall. 1) Theodotion. Monk, wearing cap. Martyrdom, beheading. 2) Paul and Pausirion. Martyrdom, drowning. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 145, fig. T I 14; Mijović, Menolog, pp. 332-333, fig. 47; Petković, Dečani, p. 14, pls. CXVI, CXVIII.1).

Babylas, Timothy and Agapius of Sicily.

Martyred in Sicily at an unknown time.

Synax.CP, Jan. 24, Synax. selecta (cols. 419-20).

BiblSS II 681-3; Holweck 127.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Babylas and two companions. Martyrs, holding crosses. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 273, fig. 12, pl. 63).